Yountville Restaurants

American cuisine - 4 course prix fixe menu. Thomas Keller, Executive Chef. "the building at 6476 washington street was originally intended to be a very different type of restaurant. while we were designing it we thought we'd experiment by opening a temporary restaurant and calling it ad hoc, which literally means, "for this purpose." the idea for ad hoc was simple - 5 days a week we'd offer a 4 course family style menu that changed each day, accompanied by a small, accessible wine list in a casual setting reminiscent of home. we wanted a place to dine for our community and ourselves. the decision to change over the restaurant, however, was taken out of our hands by our guests. the response was so positive, we simply couldn't close. so, in january 2007, we decided to stay open permanently and now we're serving dinner 5 nights a week as well as sunday brunch."
-ad hoc website, "our story"

"There are few restaurants where dining inspires a pilgrimage. The French Laundry’s vortex compels zealots from around the world. Many document their odyssey here be it by snapshot or blog, relaying every detail from the hard-to-score reservation to the journey beyond the blue door. Each bite is recalled in detail to those who live to hear about it and sigh, anticipating their own someday passage into culinary adulthood. The wizardry unfolds inside chef-proprietor Thomas Keller’s understated French country sanctum where nine-course prix-fixe meals are executed in Harry Potter-like fashion --- one wonders if the perfect execution isn’t magic?"
- Gayot

Italian - "Michael Chiarello is back where he loves to be-behind the stove-at his new Restaurant, Bottega. The cookbook author, vintner and Food Network celebrity, who describes the restaurant as his new studio, is picking up where he left off 10 years ago at Tra Vigne, exploring regional italian themes with a California twist. You'll find a few carryovers from Tra Vigne, such as whole oven-roasted fish, wood-grilled octopus, polenta with caramelized wild mushrooms, garganelli with balsamic rabbit sugo and chanterelles, and a daily mix of the other pastas and gnocchi."
- Wine Spectator

California cuisine - "Opened in November 2005 in Yountville, in the heart of the Napa Valley, Redd is the first venture from acclaimed Northern California chef Richard Reddington, formerly of Masa’s and Jardiniere in San Francisco, and Auberge du Soleil in Napa Valley. Reddington offers an updated interpretation of wine country cuisine with influences from Asia, Europe, and Mexico in a relaxed yet elegant environment.
Redd reflects the passions of a serious chef who, after spending 15 years in some of the best kitchens in the United States and Europe, has found the perfect balance of serious food and unpretentious environment. Chef Reddington says, ‘With Redd, I’ve created the type of restaurant that I like to spend time at — an inviting place that serves creative food and thoughtfully chosen wines in an elegant, contemporary space.’"
- redd website

California cuisine - "After 29 years of feeding Napa Valley and its visitors, Mustards Grill is still the hub of the food and wine community where winemakers lunch with truckers and chefs come to dine on their night off. Alternately known as the fancy rib joint with way too many wines, Mustards is still the place to go for a heaping plate of honest American fare with worldly sophistication, washed down with a glass of the valley's finest."
-Mustards Grill website

French - "Thomas Keller brought his incarnation of a French brasserie to the masses, just a few blocks from The French Laundry, when he opened Bouchon back in 1998. Since then, diners have lined up to enjoy this quintessential American version of the Parisian experience."
-gayot

California cuisine - "Brix Restaurant and Gardens in Yountville, California opened on March 28, 1996 with a clear focus on providing a farm-to-table dining experience. More than two acres of gardens and orchards provide ingredients for a new menu inspired by the culinary traditions of the winegrowing regions in Southern France and Northern Italy.
Owned by the Kelleher family, the restaurant’s name reflects the measurement of sugar levels at which the grapes for the Kelleher Family Vineyard’s Cabernet Sauvignon are harvested."
-Brix website

Perfectly blistered wood-fired pizzas, house-made pastas with locally sourced ingredients, in-house charcuterie, including terrines, pates and cured meats, and roasted mains like quail and ribeye are only a few of the irresistible options at this distinctive Yountville treasure.

Bistro Jeanty is a classic French Bistro nestled in the heart of the Napa Valley. The only French owned and operated restaurant in the Napa Valley, Bistro Jeanty was the first in Philippe’s family of restaurants. The Bistro has now been open for 16 years. While the Napa Valley has definitely changed in those years the Bistro remains consistent in its effort to bring warm, friendly service to locals and tourists alike.

Napa Restaurants

Italian - "A warm and inviting experience with all the personality of a Mediterranean hideaway. Chefs Donna Scala and Scott Warner incorporate sustainably-farmed local fruits and vegetables, and organic meats and fowl into traditional fresh Italian dishes with signature creative flair.
Freshly baked breads, local olive oil, beautiful salads, tasty appetizers and homemade pastas are inspired by the bounty of Napa Valley. Main courses offer an array of regionally sourced and highest quality creations of chicken, steaks, burgers and seafood. The bar features hundreds of Napa Valley and Italian wines as well as a host of signature cocktails."
-Donna & Giovanni Scala

Gott’s Roadside is a different kind of burger joint. We serve juicy cheeseburgers with thick chocolate shakes, but our versions of these American classics are made-to-order from top-notch, locally sourced ingredients. Our menu goes beyond the beef to include a renowned Ahi tuna burger, fresh salads and tacos. Try finding those at your average drive-in. Our commitment to local sourcing also extends to the glass: our list of California wines and beers means you can order a cheeseburger with a high-end Napa Valley cabernet, or sip a San Francisco-brewed Anchor Steam alongside your spicy, sweet potato fries.

Oxbow Public Market, located in the Oxbow District of Napa, has become the local gathering place for great food and wine in downtown Napa and throughout the Napa Valley. The 40,000 square foot marketplace, which includes a scenic outdoor deck with seating along the Napa River, features a diverse tenant mixture of local food vendors, artisan cafes and an organic produce outlet for local farms.

Morimoto's contemporary Japanese menu infuses traditional dishes with Western ingredients and preparation techniques. His seasonal and ever-changing selection of raw fish preparations will feature the freshest seafood available as well as locally grown fruits and vegetables from supporting farmers. Morimoto's signature offerings include Toro Tartare, presented in a shallow wooden tray with condiments including crème fraîche, wasabi, avocado, nori paste, chives, crispy rice, and dashi-soy. Tuna Pizza made with raw tuna, anchovy aioli, and jalapeno; Morimoto Sashimi, a terrine of seared Toro, smoked salmon, barbequed eel, tuna and Hamachi served with five different sauces in pipettes.

Ristorante Allegria features Italian influenced with California Cuisine and is one of the "locals" favorite. In downtown Napa, Ristorante Allegria is located in an historic landmark, and old bank building, built in 1916, featuring 35 foot ceilings, a breathtaking ambiance, delicious food, superb service and relaxing Italian music. On the menu, there is chicken, sandwiches, home made pastas, pork tenderloin and the signature Marinated Teriyaki Skirt Steak is not to be missed! Allegria offers a great assortment of delicious desserts, including the classic homemade tiramisu

We seek out the finest natural and organic foods available, maintain the strictest quality standards in the industry, and have an unshakeable commitment to sustainable agriculture. Add to that the excitement and fun we bring to shopping for groceries, and you start to get a sense of what we’re all about. Oh yeah, we’re a mission-driven company too.

Napa Wineries

Born with a love of fine wine and a pioneering spirit, Clos du Val founder John Goelet, a descendant of the Guestier wine merchant family of Bordeaux, searched for land in premiere wine growing regions across three continents over forty years ago to inspire a collection of four world-class estate wineries still flourishing today. Clos Du Val is the Napa Valley jewel in the Goelet Family portfolio.

Del Dotto Vineyards is a family-owned winery which focuses on small production, premium wines. The Del Dotto family has spent the last 20 years acquiring vineyards all over Napa Valley in the top areas for growing world class wines: including Rutherford, Oakville, St. Helena, Spring Mountain, Howell Mountain, Pritchard Hill area and Sonoma Coast.

Domaine Carneros is a singular winery best known as a small grower-producer of methóde champenoise sparkling wine, Pinot Noir, certified organic estate vineyards, and a breathtakingly beautiful château.

Our story begins nearly sixty-four years ago outside of South Boston Virginia as twelve-year-old Ken Laird drove his mule wagon through tight rows of sticky, fit-to-be-harvested tobacco leaves. As the gooey bundles were thrown up onto the wagon, little Ken led his mule team to the curing barn. It was there, with his grandmother, great uncles and cousins, they would stoke smoky curing fires for their prized tobacco. Ken would be the third generation Laird to carry on the farming tradition.

As one of Napa Valley’s few remaining family wine estates, Trefethen Vineyards has never purchased a single outside grape. Located in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley, our estate vineyard is nestled in a verdant landscape of vines at the cooler, southern end of Napa Valley.

In the 1960’s my father, Angelo, took over the family farm and started planting Bordeaux varieties on our estate in the heart of the Stags Leap District. As the wine industry began to flourish so did our vineyards; and soon, we planted the 160 acres of grapes that reside on our estate today.

O'Brien Estate began as a romantic dream over 25 years ago when the O'Brien's visited Napa Valley on their third date. They decided wanted to create wines that reflected the soil they were grown in and our passion for authentic wines made without artificial techniques. Only traditional Bordeaux winemaking practices and French oak barrels would be used to allow the wine to fully express its nuances.

A century later, the Miller family began the journey Stevenson described, establishing Silverado Vineyards in 1981. “It was beautiful land, and it was land that was working,” says Diane Miller of their first vineyards, purchased in the 1970s. Diane and Ron sold their grapes to some of Napa’s best vintners, who made award winning wines from them year after year. Encouraged, they struck out on their own with the goal of making the best wines the estate could produce at a fair price. This has remained the guiding philosophy over the years. The winery’s name, Silverado, comes from the abandoned mining town at the top of the Napa Valley, where Stevenson stayed so many years ago. It is an appropriate symbol: three generations of the Miller family are still “prospecting” for wine, staying true to the idea of coaxing something precious from the soils we are privileged to care for.

In 1978, a remarkable vineyard took shape in a small valley on the Silverado Trail alongside a pine forest that climbs the western hillside of Napa Valley’s storied Stags Leap District. Each year, the wines of Pine Ridge carry a sense of this place and its history. Now, at the time of the winery’s 35th anniversary, the estate vineyards span 200 acres across five renowned appellations – Stags Leap District, Oakville, Rutherford, Howell Mountain and Carneros.

Napa Attractions

The Napa Valley Wine Train provides a relaxing three-hour, thirty-six mile round-trip journey from the historic town of Napa, through one of the world's most well known wine valleys to the quaint village of St. Helena, and back.

Oxbow Public Market, located in the Oxbow District of Napa, has become the local gathering place for great food and wine in downtown Napa and throughout the Napa Valley. The 40,000 square foot marketplace, which includes a scenic outdoor deck with seating along the Napa River, features a diverse tenant mixture of local food vendors, artisan cafes and an organic produce outlet for local farms.

The Uptown Theatre Napa is downtown’s ultimate destination for live entertainment. Nestled in the famed West End district, this stunningly restored art deco masterpiece from 1937 showcases only the finest acts in music and comedy. A historic landmark, the Uptown offers a phenomenal, intimate live show experience with world class sound and site lines. Distance from the last row to the stage is only 98 feet making every seat truly a great seat!

Yountville Wineries

After 30 years of cultivation we are experts in each sparkling varietal, and fortunate to grow them in three of California’s finest appellations: Yountville, Carneros and Mount Veeder. Today we farm 1,000 acres in these appellations and are leaders in sustainable farming. We feel privileged to grow the finest fruit while preserving our environment for future generations.

Our wine tasting room in Yountville features a very inviting, comfortable yet sophisticated setting. Current release wines from our Priest Ranch and Highflyer portfolios are available for purchase and tasting. A private tasting of our Somerston Estate wines is also available by appointment. We have artisan cheese plates and exquisite chocolates to enhance your tasting experience. Relax on our sofa, plan a private tasting experience or enjoy our outdoor courtyard and rooftop terrace.